Dispensing cabinet



Jan. 15, 1929. F. H. BACHELDER DISPENSING CABINET Filed Nov. 22.; 1926 s Sheets-Sheet 1 Jam 15,1929.- 1,699,040 v F. H. BACHELDER DISPENSING CABINET -Ird.

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Filed Nov; 22, 192

Patented Jan. 15, 1929. is

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H, BACHELDEB, ORANGE, MASSACH SETTS.

DISPENSING CABINET.

Apflfimtinn filed November 22, 1926- Serial No. 149,912.

This invention relates to improvements in dispensing cabinets, being directed more particularly to what is termed a straight line needle dispensing cabinet.

The primary object of the invention 'is the provision of a cabinet for dispensing needles in which the article or needle carrying pockets are arranged in a straight line and the construction is such as to provide a plurality of pockets in a cabinet of short A turther object of the invention 1s the provision of a dispensing: cabinet of the rotary type in which the article carrying peckets are arranged in two parallel straight lines back to back, whereby a plurality'ot pockets can be provided in a. short cabinet.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a novel manner of attachthe article carrying pockets to the rotor. k y Y a A still further object of the invention is the provision of a novel manner of supporting the rotor and the pockets in the cabinet housing.

Another and further object of the inven.

tion is the novel manner in which the ar ticle or needle pockets are made of a single piece of material.

Other and further objects and novel teatures of construction'and improved results of the invention will appear from the following description and accompanying draw n the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet made in accordance with the invention Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the cabinet housing showing. the manner in which the rotor and pockets are supported in the housing.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view through the cabinet.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view of one end of the rotor, showing the manner of attaching the rotor hub, the article pockets and the operation ot the automatic stop.

Figure 5 is an enlar ed detail vertical sectional View taken on t e line 5 5 of Figare 2.

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 66 of Figure 2..

Figure 7 is a diagrammatic view showing the blank material used in making the one piece needle carrying pocket-s.

Figure 8 is a erspective view of one 0! the complete poc ets. i V Fi ure 9 is a perspective view taken showing t e rear en of one of the pockets.

Referring now to thedrawings in which like parts are described by similar reiterence numerals throughout the description, it will be seen that the cabinet A comprises a bottom 10,. end walls 11, back 12 and areniovable top 13. It will be seen that the bottom 10 is provided with an upturnedperlpheral edge 14 and that the side walls 11 and back 12 are rigidly secured the bottom by means of bolts 15 or the like. The front of the cabinet is entirely open having only marginal edges 16 together with the upturned bottom edge 14 and the overlapping (low-nturned edge 17 of the removable top.

The rotor is designed by B and in fact comprises a flat plate provided at its 0 posite ends with huhs18 and 19. These hubs are attached to the rotor plate ends centrally of their lengthin a novel. manner as: will be clearly seen. by reference to Figures 4, 5 and 6. The hubs are sawed out as at 20 for a substantial part of their depth and this sawed portion is adapted to receive the ends 21 of e rotor plate. When the hubs have been correctly positioned, the ends of the plate at either side of the hubs are flattened down or enlar ed as at22, thus securely fee tening the hu in lace. The sawed. out portion 20 is of a width a proximately the same as the thickness of t e plate 21, thus insuring a tight fit of the hub upon the plate.

Both of the hubs. 18 and 19 are provided. with outwardly extending bearings 2.2;. The bearing1 23 of the hub 18 is adapted. to receive t e stub shalit 24 carried by the end plate 25 while the bearing 23 of the hub? 1:9i s internally screw threaded to receive the shaft 26 of the hand wheel 27.

In the drawings there is shown two end plates 25 and 28 within the cabinet housing paralleling the end walls 11 of the housing; These end plates at their lower ends are bent at right angles as at 29 toparallel the bottom 10 of the. cabinet and are fastened in position within the cabinet by the bolts 15 heretofore referred to. The purpose of the end plates 25 and 28 is to add rigidity to the cabinet but it will be readil understood that if desired, they couldbe ispensed with and in this event the stub shaft 24 would be carried by the cabinet end wall 11, rather than by the end plate 25.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that the rotor plate B is supported at one end within the cabinet upon the stub shaft 24 while at its other end it is supported upon the hand wheel'shaft 26 which shaft passes through suitable openings in the end plate 28 and adjacent end wall 11 of the housing.

The article or needle carrying pockets are designated at C and are pivota-lly supported in suitable U-shapedsupports D.

In the cabinet shown in the drawings, there are eight pockets arranged in a straight line at each side of the rotor plate B. Consequently there must likewise be provided eight pocket supports D at each side of the plate for carrying the pockets. These pocket supports comprise two parallel walls and 31 terminating at their inner ends wlth a back-32. The pocket supports are arranged back to back at either side of the rotor plate and are firmly fastened to said plate by means of an elongated metal clamp 33. The elongated portion 33 of the clamp lies within one of the pocket supports against the back thereof while the ends of the clamp are elongated and are bent over the top and lower edges of the rotor plate and inwardly upon the two ends-of the back of the needle pocket support at the opposite side of the rotor plate, as at 34. By this construction one clamp is utilized to hold two pocket supports in position at opposite sides of the rotor plate. 7

The article pockets themselves, designated by C, comprise side walls 35 and 36, tops 37 and bottoms 38. The inner ends of the pockets are open as at 39, while the outer ends or fronts of the pockets are closed as designated at 40. The front or outer walls of these pockets are elongated at their ends and bent inwardly and downwardly to form at both tops and bottoms of the pockets rolled flanges 41 and 42. The rolled flange 41 at the top acts as a finger hold to rotate the pocket outwardly upon its pivotal sup port 43. i

By reference to Figure of the drawings it will be seen that a rod 43 extends throughout the length of the rotor plate, penetrating the lower outer corners of all of the needle pocket supports D and passing through all of the needle pocket lower rolled flanges 42,

thus pivotally supporting the pockets in the supports with the open inner ends of the pockets positioned against the rear wall 32 of the pocket supports. At the opposite side of the cabinet the rod 43, see Figure 3 passes through the upper outer ends of the pocket supports and the upper rolled flanged ends of the pockets. The reason for this inverted aosition of the rods is due to the fact that w en the rotor is revolved by means of the hand wheel, thenecessary half turn to bring the pockets at the rear side of the rotor plate in position at the open front of the cabinet housing, the rod 43 will have been rotated to a lower position in respect to the cabinet. In other words the pockets at one side of the plate must be mounted in inverted positions as to the pockets at the opposite side of the plate to bring them in an upright position when the rotor is revolved the necessary half turn.

To provide means for locking the rotor in place and for automatically stopping the rotor in the proper position, there is provided a stop 44, the inner end of which is pivotally connected as at 45 to the left hand end of the cabinet, while its opposite end extends outwardly beyond the cabinet front at at 46, where it is in convenient position to be engaged by the hand of the operator. Suitably positioned to engage the ends of the rotor plate B, the stop is provided with a U-shaped channel 46 at either side of which the arm tapers downwardly as at 47 so that the ends of the rotor plate will automatically depress the stop and cause it to automatically engage the ends of the rotor plate by reason of the spring 48 which normally causes an upward tension u on the stop arm.

In use, boxes 0? needles will be placed in the pockets C and when these pockets are swung downwardly and outwardly through the open front of the cabinet, the needle boxes can be readily reached for the removal of their contents. To enable the location of the proper needle when desired, the needle pockets will each be lettered consecutively, as clearly shown in the drawings. It will be readily understood that a chart could be attached to the top of the cabinet. This chart will designate, for instance, that needle pocket A contains the three sizes of needles used by the Acme sewing machine; that needle pocket D contains the three sizes of needles for the Singer sewing machine, etc.

As heretofore mentioned, the needle carrying pockets are made from a single sheet of metal which in its blank form is of a shape appearing in Figure 7 of the drawings. 7

Referring to this figure of the drawings, it will be seen that a center piece a comprises ,the back 40 of the pockets and that extensions a and a? at either end when rolled over form the rolled flanges 41 and 42 at the tops and bottoms of the pockets. At either side of the center portion a are portions 6 and c which, when folded on the lines -02 at right angles to the center portion a, form the sides 35 and 36 of the pockets. The side wall portions 6 and 0 each have extensions at their upper and lower ends designated by l), a, 0 respectively, which when bent on the lines y and 2, form the tops 37 and bottoms 38 for the pockets.

To permit of ready and easy bending of the portions Z2, 6?, 0 and 0 these portions are of a widthslightly less than the width of the side portions 6 and 0, being provided with cut-out portions d.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that there is provided a method for the cheap and easy manufacture of the needle pockets from a single piece of material and that the construction is such that by reason of the portions a. and a there is provided a finger hold at the top of the pocket and elongated bearing tor the rod 43 upon which the pocket is pivotally supported when mounted in the cabinet.

The operation of the cabinet is simplicity itself. lVith the rotor in position as shown in the drawings, all of the needle pockets from A to H inclusive are readily accessible and by merely depressing the automatic stop 4% and rotating ,the rotor one half turn by means of the hand wheel, the remaining pockets from I to P inclusive, are brought into a position readily accessible to the operator.

By a construction of the character described, a plurality of needle or article carrying compartments are contained in a dispensing cabinet of small dimensions which cabinet in addition to being of pleasing appearance, is highly efiicient in operation and likewise cheap and simple of manufacture.

When in use, ,the needle pasteboard boxes 60 are placed in the needle pockets and these pasteboard containers carry needle pockets 61. It to be noted that there are three containers to accommodate the three different sizes of needles. In practice these needle pockets will be white, blue and red to designate large, medium and small sized needles.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A cabinet or the like, comprising a plate rotor having article carrying pockets at its opposite sides, means to rotate said rotor, and automatic means for engagement with the plate rotor to lock said rotor at the end of each half revolution.

2. A cabinet or the like, comprising a plate rotatably mounted within a housing having an opening at one side thereof, article carrying pockets pivotally mounted upon the opposite sides of said plate, and means to rotate said plate to position said pockets opposite said housing opening, whereby said pockets can be swung outwardly through said opening.

8. A cabinet or the like, comprising a plate rotatably mounted within a housing having an opening at one side thereof, pocket supports carried upon the opposite sides of said plate, article carrying pockets pivotally mounted within said supports, and means to rotate said plate to position said pockets opposite said housing opening,

whereby said pockets can be swung outwardly through the opening.

4. A cabinet or the like, comprising a plate rotatably mounted within a housing iaving an opening therein, article supportingmembers having openouter ends supported upon the opposite sidesof saidplate,

article carrying pockets pivotally mounted in said supports, said pockets provided with open ends normally positioned adjacent said plate, means to rotate said plate, and means automatically to lock said plate in a vertical position whereby the pockets at one side of the plate are positioned opposite said housing opening, whereby said pockets can be swung outwardly through said opening to position where the open ends of the pockets are accessible.

5. A cabinet or the like, comprising a housing having an opening in one side thereof, a plate rotor mounted for horizontal rotation in said cabinets, pockets vertically mounted upon the opposite sides of said plate and pivoted in respect thereto, and means to rotate said plate to position said pockets opposite the opening in the housing, whereby said pockets can be swung outwardly and downwardly from said plate through said opening.

6. In a device of the character described, a cabinet housing, a stub shaft mounted on the inner side of one end wall of said housing, the opposite end wall of the housing provided with an opening, a plate provided at one end with a hub adapted to receive said stub and at its opposite end the hub carrying a handle wheel for an elongated shaft adapted to be rotatably supported in said end wall opening, article carrying pockets mounted upon the opposite sides of the plate, and the housing rovided with an open side, whereby the poo ets at the opposite side of the plate can be moved into alignment with the open side of said housmg.

7. An article carrying pocket for a dis pensing cabinet or the like made of a single piece of material, comprising side walls having extending ends bent at right angles thereto forming one half the bottom and top of said pocket, a second side wall having extending ends bent at right angles thereto forming the opposite halves of the top pockets and bottoms, and a central portion integral with the side wall and at right angles thereto forming a closed back for the pockets, said back portion having extending ends bent forming hub flanges at the upper and lower ends of said pocket back.

8. A cabinet or the like, comprising a rotor mounted within a housing having a opening at one side thereof, article carrying pockets pivotally mounted upon the opposite sides of said rotor, and means to rotate said rotor to position said pockets opposite said housing opening, whereby said pockets and means to rotate said plate to position can be swung outwardly through said opensaid pockets opposite said cabinet opening,

ing. whereby said pockets can be swung out- H 9. A cabinet or the like, comprising a Wai'diy through said opening.

w plate rotor having a row of pivotaily In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my mounted article carrying pockets on each of signature. its sides, said cabinet having an open side, FRANK H. BACHELDEB. 

